As nouns the difference between stain and oxide
is that stain is while oxide is .
stain
Noun
(
en noun)
A discoloured spot or area.
A blemish on one's character or reputation.
A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
Derived terms
* (l)
* Giemsa stain
* Leishman stain
* Romanowsky stain
* Wright-Giemse stain
* Wright's stain
Verb
(
en verb)
To discolour something
- to stain the hand with dye
- armour stained with blood
To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
* Milton
- Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
To coat a surface with a stain
- to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- the stained glass used for church windows
To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
* Spenser
- that did all other beasts in beauty stain
Anagrams
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oxide
Alternative forms
* (all rare)
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
Derived terms
* alkylene oxide
* aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide
* aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide
* antimonic oxide
* antimonioso-antimonic oxide
* antimonious oxide
* antimonous oxide
* antimony oxide
* argentous oxide
* arsenious oxide
* auric oxide
* aurous oxide
* barium copper oxide
* barium oxide
* beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide
* beryllium oxide
* bismuth oxide
* bismuthic oxide
* bismuthous oxide
* bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
* boric oxide
* boron oxide
* cacodyl oxide
* cadmium oxide
* calcium oxide
* californium oxide
* carbon oxide
* carbonic oxide
* ceramic oxide
* ceric oxide
* cerium oxide
* cerous oxide
* chloric oxide
* chlorine oxide
* chlorous oxide
* chromic oxide
* chromium oxide
* chromous oxide
* cobalt oxide
* cobaltous oxide
* copper oxide
* cubic zirconium oxide
* cupric oxide
* cuprous oxide
* curium oxide
* deuterium oxide
* dihydrogen oxide
* dimethylene oxide
* dinitrogen oxide
* dioxide
* dysprosium oxide
* ethylene oxide
* epoxide
* erbium oxide
* ethylene oxide
* europium oxide
* ferric oxide
* ferroso-ferric oxide
* ferrous oxide
* fluorine oxide
* heptaoxide, heptoxide
* hexoxide
* holmium oxide
* hydric oxide
* hydrogen oxide
* hydroxide
* hypochlorous oxide
* indium oxide
* indium tin oxide
* iridic oxide
* iridious oxide
* iridium oxide
* iron oxide
* isopropoxide
* lanthanum oxide
* lead oxide
* lithium oxide
* lutetium oxide
* magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide
* magnesium oxide
* manganese oxide
* mercuric oxide
* mercurous oxide
* mercury oxide
* methylene oxide
* mixed oxide
* molybdenum oxide
* monoxide
* niobic oxide
* niobous oxide
* nitric oxide
* nitrogen oxide
* nitrous oxide
* octoxide
* osmic oxide
* oxic
* oxidimetry
* oxidise, oxidize
* palladic oxide
* palladious oxide
* pentoxide
* peroxide
* platinic oxide
* platinous oxide
* plumbic oxide
* polyethylene oxide
* potassium oxide
* propylene oxide
* protoxide
* radium oxide
* red iron oxide
* rhodic oxide
* rhodous oxide
* rubidium oxide
* ruthenium oxide
* samarium oxide
* scandium oxide
* selenium oxide
* sesquioxide
* silicon oxide
* silver oxide
* sodium oxide
* stannic oxide
* stannous oxide
* strontium oxide
* suboxide
* sulfuric oxide, sulphuric oxide
* sulfurous oxide, sulphurous oxide
* sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide
* superoxide
* tantalic oxide
* tantalous oxide
* tantalum oxide
* telluric oxide
* tellurous oxide
* terbium oxide
* tetroxide
* thallic oxide
* thallious oxide
* thallium oxide
* thorium oxide
* thulium oxide
* tin oxide
* titanic oxide
* titanium oxide
* titanous oxide
* tributyltin oxide
* trioxide
* tungsten oxide
* tungstic oxide
* tungstous oxide
* uranic oxide
* uranium oxide
* uranoso-uranic oxide
* uranous oxide
* uranyl oxide
* vanadic oxide
* vanadous oxide
* ytterbium oxide
* yttrium barium copper oxide
* yttrium oxide
* zinc oxide
* zincic oxide
* zirconic oxide
* zirconium oxide
Related terms
(Related terms)
* oxidable
* oxidant
* oxidase
* oxidate
* oxidoreductase
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